Surah 26 of 114
Surah Ash-Shu'ara
The Poets
Surah Ash-Shu'ara (The Poets) is the 26th surah of the Quran, revealed in Makkah, with 227 ayahs spanning juz 19.
الشعراء
What this surah covers
- Prophets’ dialogues
- Rejection and its end
- Truth against poetry
Memorising it
At the academy’s standard pace, Surah Ash-Shu'ara typically takes 19–46 supervised lessons, with revision continuing afterwards. The range is wide on purpose: it moves with the student’s age, whether they already read fluently, and how much is revised between lessons. A single figure would be a promise about a student we have not met.
Memorisation load is rated Intensive relative to the rest of the Quran, derived from its length rather than assigned by opinion.